Bobby Hutcherson

Bobby Hutcherson is one of jazz's premiere vibraphonists, along with Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Milt Jackson and Gary Burton. Hutcherson was born in 1941 in Los Angeles, CA and was raised in Pasadena. Hutcherson was introduced to jazz music at a young age by his older brother, who went to high school with saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Later on in life Hutcherson's own sister would briefly date another Los Angeles saxophonist, Eric Dolphy. By age nine, Hutcherson was studying piano, an instrument closely related to the vibraphone in layout. It was vibraphonist Jackson... Read More

City Of Origin:

Los Angeles,
California

Genre:

Jazz, Bop, Post Bop

Birthdate:

01/27/1941

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